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Densho @denshoproject.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

The Fourth of July was an ironic and bittersweet holiday for Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII. The festivities provided a break from the monotony of life in the camps — but it was also a sharp reminder of the freedoms that had been taken away from them. ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1...

An American flag waving over barracks at Manazanar concentration camp.

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Carl Takei @carltakei.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I'm deeply proud of my work on this brief. Dozens of Japanese American and other AAPI orgs are urging the courts to remember the lessons of the WWII Japanese American incarceration, and urge them to fulfill their role in our constitutional democracy to check the Trump administration's overreach.

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Carl Takei @carltakei.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Densho is a treasure, and its commitment to preserving our community's history -- in all its ugliness and complexity -- is especially crucial when the federal government is trying to censor stories of racism and injustice from the Smithsonian and other institutions.

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Carl Takei @carltakei.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Japanese Americans are angered and afraid by what we're seeing now. We know that in WWII, roundups of non-citizens under the Alien Enemies Act were only the first phase. The next phase was to target the entire Japanese American community, citizens and non-citizens alike.

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Carl Takei @carltakei.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I spoke with Jana Katsuyama @ktvufox2.bsky.social about how the Alien Enemies Act was used against Japanese American families in WWII -- and how President Trump's invocation of the Act today is allowing federal agents to disappear community members without due process. www.ktvu.com/video/1611992

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The history and impacts of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798

Attorney Carl Takei of the Asian Law Caucus discusses the origins of the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, as well as the impact it had when it was last implemented during World War II to incarcerate non-cit...

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Carl Takei @carltakei.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I was part of an NGO delegation to Dilley in its first year. As I wrote: "I have previously visited the sites of Manzanar, Tule Lake, and other World War II incarceration camps. More than anything else, Dilley feels like an updated version of these places." www.themarshallproject.org/2015/05/21/t...

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The ‘South Texas Family Residential Center’ Is No Haven

It’s an internment camp.

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Carl Takei @carltakei.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

My latest column in the Nichi Bei: We know what happened when the gov't came for Japanese Americans and nobody else spoke up. It’s time to put some real pressure — especially on those with money or power — to show up with the courage that’s needed in this moment. www.nichibei.org/2025/02/in-1...

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Carl Takei @carltakei.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

On this Day of Remembrance, “we draw upon the resilience of Japanese Americans to strengthen our own resolve. We call on community members of all ages and backgrounds, faith and civic leaders, and institutional stakeholders and elected officials to join us.” www.solidarityis.org/solidarity-s...

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Solidarity Statement - Day of Remembrance — Solidarity Is

On the 83rd anniversary of Executive Order 9066, which led to the forced removal and incarceration of more than 125,000 Japanese Americans during World War II by the United States government, Tsuru fo...

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KQED News @kqednews.kqed.org · 24/01/2025

President Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expedite deportations has rekindled trauma for Japanese Americans who were relocated and imprisoned during World War II.

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Bay Area Japanese Americans Draw on WWII Trauma to Resist Deportation Threats | KQED

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